Below 99% of compared French towns: 9.1% of households are couples with children
1.2% of homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Rignosot had 106 residents in 56 households at the 2023 census. Flats make up about one in 21 here (4.7%). Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 98% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Doubs median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Rignosot
Fewer residents than in 2012
Rignosot had 118 residents at the 2012 census and 106 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Rignosot’s residents are under 53 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 97% of compared French towns grew faster than Rignosot: −10%
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Doubs. Here the change came as −2% to 2017, then −9% to 2023.
Half of Rignosot is over 53, older than 91% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rignosot 53. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 89% of compared French towns: 32%.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
In Rignosot, 18% of households are single parents, more than in 99% of compared French towns
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Doubs median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 1.9 people. Higher than in 55% of compared French towns: 36% of households are one person living alone. As a reference point, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Below 71% of compared French towns: 7.3% of households have no car
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Second homes account for 1.2%. To put it in context, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €26,570 a year per consumption unit
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
The midpoint of living standards here is €26,570 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
Rignosot ranks below 82% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 9.1%
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 36% of households are headed by a retired person, or about one in three. The wider picture: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 83% of compared French towns: 2.9% of residents are immigrants
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Rignosot comes in at 1.9%. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. The median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 83% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 89% of compared French towns, at 20%
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
Locally, just over two in five residents 15 and over are married. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
30% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 90% of compared French towns
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
By its share of graduates of higher education (19%), Rignosot is below 87% of compared French towns.
Ranked by age, 7th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Rignosot and its 6 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rignosot | 53 | 32% | 1.2% | 2.9% |
| Baume-les-Dames 5,155 · 8 mi | 48.7 | 29% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| Thise 2,994 · 9.3 mi | 53.1 | 34% | 0.8% | 3.6% |
| Saône 3,195 · 12.1 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 0.7% | 3.3% |
| Miserey-Salines 2,661 · 12.4 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
| École-Valentin 2,579 · 12.5 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 6.1% |
| Les Auxons 2,533 · 12.5 mi | 46.1 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Rignosot
What is the population of Rignosot?
106 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (118).
How old are Rignosot’s residents?
The median age is 53, older than 91% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rignosot?
1, with occasional dwellings: 1.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rignosot?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rignosot?
€26,570 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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